Astronomers are searching for the brief, spectacular jets of light that appear when a ravenous black hole devours a star, writes UMD Assistant Professor of Astronomy Suvi Gezari in this gripping cover story for Sky & Telescope magazine.
The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland educates more than 8,000 future scientific leaders in its undergraduate and graduate programs each year. The college's 10 departments and six interdisciplinary research centers foster scientific discovery with annual sponsored research funding exceeding $250 million.
